" WORD-BLINDNESS AND VISUAL MEMORY."

Word Meaning Blindness Revisited.

Lambon Ralph, Sage, and Ellis (1996) described a patient, JO, who had impaired understanding of written words in the presence of normal comprehension of objects and spoken words.She was able to recognise letters and could differentiate written words from nonwords in lexical decision tasks. JO's ability to read aloud all types of words and nonwords was also intact. Although JO's understanding wi...

Letter-, Word- and Mind-Blindness

Congenital Word-Blindness

The importance of this condition lies in the fact that the cases are by no means uncommon, and that if the condition is recognized the child is saved much misery and the parents spared the expense and trouble of endeavouring to educate a child who through no fault of his own is incapable of achieving the results that are expected of him. The child will often develop an inferiority complex, as h...

Word Blindness: Its Cause and Cure.

1. BLOUNT, W. P.-Studies of the movements of the eyelids in animals. Quart. JI. of Expl. Physiol., Vol. XVIII, Nos. 1 and 2, 1927. 2. CHAVASSE, F. B.-Worth's squint. Seventh edition, p. 14, 1939. 3. DUKE-ELDER, SIR W. S.-Text-book of Ophthalmology. Vol. I, p. 637, etc,, 1932. 4. HAL-L, A. J.-" On the acts of closing and opening the eyes." Brit. Ji. 05hthal., p. 257, 1936. 5. HOLMES, GORDON.-Tra...

The Effect of Working Memory Rehabilitation on Visual Memory and Memory Span

Introduction: Age-related cognitive decline or cognitive aging is largely the result of structural and functional decline in specific areas of the brain, but lifestyle also contributes to this cognitive decline. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of working memory rehabilitation on visual memory and memory span in ageing.  Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with pret...